Indie games have certainly seen a meteoric rise in popularity lately. Granted they were always there, willing to keep us entertained for hours with their genre-busting ideas, generally unique visuals and super affordable prices, but it seems as though they’ve really jumped to the forefront of peoples’ minds during the past couple of years.

The 360 created the Community Games tab (later rebranded as Xbox Live Indie Games) on the Marketplace and PSN has been graced with more than a few games from prominent indie developer thatgamecompany. In keeping with this trend, Sony has decided to bring Eufloria to PSN where it can sit comfortably alongside other indie greats such as Flower and the PixelJunk series.

For those who aren’t familiar with it, Eufloria tasks players with taking control of asteroids by growing plants and (eventually) animals on them, as well as using them to keep AI opponents at bay. You’ve probably noticed the screen shot above and yes, it does look kind of like The Little Prince viewed through a microscope. This special PSN release is also no mere port. It will feature enhanced graphics, new music, “unspecified new mechanics” and more.

So now we’re not only getting more indie games, we’re getting “better” versions of indie games available for download on our home consoles. There’s no part of that idea that I don’t like.

[Via: Joystiq]